Cancer cells get help migrating through the body
Some fibroblasts straighten connective fibers to create easy-to-travel paths
MAKING TRACKS Head and neck cancer cells (red) crawl along tracks (green) laid down by cancer-associated fibroblasts. Such tracks may help cancer spread throughout the body.
B. Erdogan and Donna Webb/Vanderbilt Univ.
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